THE GUILT OF SINLk. 18:9-14; Acts 2:36,37; Matt. 27:2,3

Guilt:

“The fact of being responsible for the commission of an offense… Remorseful awareness of having done something wrong.” (http://www.thefreedictionary.com /guilt)

What causes guilt?

• The acceptance of a standard of conduct

• The awareness of having gone contrary to it, Lk. 18:13; Acts 2:37; Matt. 27:2,3

Guilt has consequences:

• Guilt causes some people to run from the law, to hide their identities.

• Guilt is a cause of mental and emotional problems.

• A major part of psychiatrists’ and other counselors’ work is to help people deal with the problem of guilt.

• Consequences in cases we have cited, Lk. 18:13; Acts 2:37; Matt. 27:2-4

Those who feel no guilt:

• Those unaccountable for their actions

• Those who have seared their consciences, 1 Tim. 4:1,2

PROVOKING GUILT FEELINGS IS ONE OBJECT OF GOSPEL PREACHING, Acts 2:36; 3:14,15; 8:20-22; Rom. 2:21-24; 3:23; 1 Cor. 1:12, 13; 5:1; Acts 5:28; Mk. 16:15

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GUILT IS THAT WHICH ALL LOST SINNERS SHOULD FEEL BEFORE GOD, 2 Thes. 1:7-9; 1 Cor. 6:9-11

• If sinners are to avoid eternity in hell they must see their guilty state before almighty God!

• The lack of guilt feeling among sinners is spoken of as the extremes of depravity: Jer. 6:15; Eph. 4:17-19; Phil. 3:19

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WRONG WAYS TO HANDLE THE GUILT OF SIN

• Suicide, Matt. 27:3-5, 25

• By justifying one’s self in sin, 1 Sam. 13:11,12; Jno. 11:49-51

• General religious activity, Lk. 18:11,12; Isa. 1:11-15

• Drugs or alcohol, Jas. 1:14,15; Hebrews 11:24-26; Eph. 2:3

• Equating cessation of guilt feeling with forgiveness of sin, Isa 55:7; Heb 8:12

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HOW THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO HANDLE THE GUILT OF SIN

• Come to Jesus, Matt. 11:28-30

• How does Jesus give rest to lost sinners? Mk. 16:15,16; Rom. 10:9,10; Acts 2:38

• Examples showing when N.T. converts understood guilt was removed, Acts 8:35-39; 16:30-34

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THE CONFIDENCE OF FORGIVENESS THAT CHRIST OFFERS

• The all-sufficiency of His sacrifice, Matt. 26:28; Jno. 1:29

• The efficacy of His sacrifice, 1 Cor. 6:9-11

• The finality of His sacrifice, Heb. 10:1-4, 11-18

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THE FINALITY OF HIS SACRIFICE

Sin remembered, vs. 1-4

“Oftentimes the samesacrifices” (v. 18)

“Which can never take away sins” (v. 18)

Old Testament Sacrifices

Jesus’ Sacrifice

Sin no longer remembered, v. 17

“One sacrifice”, “one offering” (vs. 12,14)

Final remission, v. 18

THE CONFIDENCE OF FORGIVENESS THAT CHRIST OFFERS

• The all-sufficiency of His sacrifice, Matt. 26:28; Jno. 1:29

• The efficacy of His sacrifice, 1 Cor. 6:9-11

• The finality of His sacrifice, Heb. 10:1-4, 11-18

• The uniformity of the conditions He gave for forgiveness, Mk. 16:15,16; Lk. 24:47; Gal. 3:26,27; 1 Pet. 1:1; 3:21

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“The churches of Galatia” (Gal. 1:2)

Acts 13:14-14:23

Gal. 3:26, For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

“The churches of Galatia” (Gal. 1:2)

Acts 13:14-14:23

Gal. 3:26, For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

“The churches of Galatia” (Gal. 1:2)

Acts 13:14-14:23

Gal. 3:26, For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

1 Pet. 1:1, “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.”

1 Pet. 1:1, “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.”

1 Pet. 3:21, “Which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism…”

1 Pet. 3:21, “Which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism…”

1 Pet. 1:1, “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.”

1 Pet. 1:1, “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.”

1 Pet. 3:21, “Which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism…”

1 Pet. 3:21, “Which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism…”

I. PROVOKING GUILT FEELINGS IS ONE OBJECT OF GOSPEL PREACHING

II. GUILT IS THAT WHICH ALL LOST SINNERS SHOULD FEEL BEFORE GOD

III. WRONG WAYS TO HANDLE THE GUILT OF SIN

IV. HOW THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO HANDLE THE GUILT OF SIN

A. Come to Jesus

B. How does Jesus give rest to lost sinners? Mk. 16:15,16; Rom. 10:9,10; Acts 2:38

C. Examples showing when guilt removed

THE GUILT OF SIN

I. PROVOKING GUILT FEELINGS IS ONE OBJECT OF GOSPEL PREACHING

II. GUILT IS THAT WHICH ALL LOST SINNERS SHOULD FEEL BEFORE GOD

III. WRONG WAYS TO HANDLE THE GUILT OF SIN

IV. HOW THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO HANDLE THE GUILT OF SIN

V. THE CONFIDENCE OF FORGIVENESS THAT CHRIST OFFERS

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